Wink Relay’s newest features take the touchscreen control panel beyond the smart home

Michael Brown |
June 29, 2016

With new third-party integrations, you can call an Uber, monitor your Fitbit step count, and trigger IFTTT recipes.

This latest update to the Wink Relay also enables its onboard mic and speaker, so that multiple Relays can be used as an intercom. While useful, the appeal of this new feature is somewhat dampened by the fact that it’s a broadcast intercom: When you speak into the mic, your voice comes out of every Relay in your home—you can’t use them for station-to-station communications.